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A Uygur woman revives old skills as she weaves silk using a loom as part of a restoration project at the Technological Protection Institute of the Academy of Turpan Studies.[Photoprovided to China Daily]

The ancient tradition of silk farming could be revived at Turpan in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as part of a project to restore exquisite clothing and other items up to 2 Gabriel Mercado World Cup Jersey ,000 years old found in ancient tombs.

The silk products include handcrafted kerchiefs with flower and rhombus patterns, and handbags, and are evidence of how Turpan prospered as a key stop on the ancient Silk Road.

"The unearthing of the silk products from the tombs shows how valuable the silk trade was and how it benefited the people along the road," said Xu Dongliang Facundo Roncaglia World Cup Jersey , deputy head of the Technological Protection Institute at the Academy of Turpan Studies.

Most of the clothes were used to dress the bodies in the tombs and have been damaged as the remains decayed. Experts at the institute face the difficult task of restoring the items. They plan to return 33 of them to their former glory this year with help from German experts.

Now, as the country promotes the Silk Road Economic Belt project as a way of generating new wealth, the source of Turpan's original prosperity looks set to make a comeback.